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Showing 381390 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Child and adolescent psychiatry

Article R6123-195

The authorisation holder organises the transition from "child and adolescent psychiatry" care to "adult psychiatry" care, jointly and in advance between the two services or authorisation holders conce…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating procedures of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-19

The members of the amicable dispute resolution committees and the appointed rapporteur must not have had previous experience of the case submitted to them.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19

…nied by the following documents: 1° A birth certificate for the employer or its directors, partners and managers in the case of a company; 2° A certificate of payment of contributions to social securi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-19

The State may obtain ex officio, at any time, for the needs of national defence, a licence for the exploitation of an invention, which is the subject of a patent application or patent, whether such ex…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-19

…ishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement or convention determines the terms and conditions under which the working hours of employees who work less than the minimum working hou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

…agreement between the deliberative body of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation and the municipal council concerned on the distribution of the assets or the proceeds of their reali…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-19

…nation, it shall transmit the biological samples to another medical biology laboratory for analysis and interpretation. These transmissions may not exceed, for a calendar year, a percentage set by reg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of engagement.

Article R4532-19

A natural person who performs the function of coordinator, in his own name or in the name of the organisation which employs him, may not be entrusted with the function of technical inspector provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-19

…e period in accordance with the procedures set out in the first four paragraphs of article R. 24-14 and if the condition set out in the first paragraph of Article R. 24-15 is always completed, without…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The French Horse and Riding Institute

Article R211-19

…ation, governed by articles R. 653-13 to R. 653-29 of the code rural et de la pêche maritime (rural and maritime fishing code), runs a school located in Saumur whose riding instructors are the riders…

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